Internet dating flourish
March 12, 2009 by admin
Filed under Friendship
Internet dating sites flourish in these dark days of winter, too. New Year’s resolutions and the echo of needling questions from well-meaning relatives impel thousands of singles to fill the post-holiday lull with a little online love. And this year, maybe more than ever.
The bad economy had already started having a positive effect on the Internet romance industry. In November, Match.com had its biggest one-month jump in membership numbers in the past seven years. People cutting back on big nights out means spending more time at home on the Internet perusing the profiles. Twenty-degree temperatures have the same effect.
“It’s the perfect storm,” says Sam Yagan, founder and chief executive of OkCupid, an online dating site that doesn’t charge fees. All of which is to say: If you’re going to do it, now’s the time. When better to wade into the online waters than when the pool of candidates is at its peak?
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